Prof. Dr. Eckart Zimmermann

Academic Career and Research Areas

In his project "The motor representation of sensory experience", Eckart Zimmermann is concernedwith the perception of space and time. He and his group will investigate whether neuronal maps that process motor information produce the visual perception of space and time. For this purpose, he will use 'virtual reality' spectacles, combined with motion trackers, to manipulate the visual scene as a function of motor movement. The planned experiments should allow a new understanding of visual perception. Based on this understanding, it is the goal to develop rehabilitation procedures for patients with failures in spatial perception.

Eckart Zimmermann studied psychology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and received his diploma in 2005. He also obtained a Masters degree in philosophy also from HHU in 2009. At University of Münster he carried out his doctoral studies in experimental psychology and obtained his PhD in 2009. Subsequently, this was followed by research stays at the Institute of Neurosciences in Pisa, Italy and at the Institute for Neurosciences and Medicine at Forschungszentrum Jülich. Since March 2016, Dr. Zimmermann works at HHU. Eckart Zimmermann has been W2 Professor of Psychology at the HHU since September 2018.